Tour Stop 12: One Last Meat Up for Soccer

Game 19 Brazil Grille, Hartford July 8, 2006 Our last stop on the World Cup Tour 2006 was, for me, the most anticipated. I had previewed the Brazil Grill restaurant the week prior by popping my head in during the group play Japan game. Even though it was a Thursday afternoon and the game meant […]

Tour Stop 11: God Save the Beckham

Game 18 The Half Door, Hartford June 27, 2006 As with most Americans, I’m a bit of a mutt; A Germano-Scotch-English one. I suppose I’m mostly English, but I look a bit more Scottish I’m told. At any rate, I find a part of me cheering on the Brits at this point in the World […]

Tour Stop 10: USA is a “Ghana”

Game 17 Vaughn’s Pub, Hartford June 22, 2006 What a day I had in store on Thursday, 6/22! I had taken the day off the day the World Cup schedule was released, knowing the Ghana game would be huge. Oh, and also perhaps because I had gum surgery scheduled for 8 AM. Can’t forget about […]

Tour Stop 9: Ed Has a Heart After All

Game 16 Goal International Sports Bar, Hartford June 22, 2006 At this point, I’m only writing this blog entry for the sake of consistency. Because our first attempt at a “Brazilian day” was a bit of a failure. Albeit a fun and delicious failure. We opted to watch the game versus Australia on Sunday at […]